Workshop
Machine Learning for Geoscience Data
17 September 2026
CIDS Training Lab, Building 105
A hands-on day on framing geoscience questions as supervised learning problems, from labelling through to honest validation.
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CIDS events
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Events
Workshops, drop-ins and a room full of people who have solved it before.
CIDS runs a standing programme of training and drop-in sessions alongside one-off workshops, seminars and the annual showcase. Everything here is open to Curtin staff and students, and most of it is open to industry, government and community partners too.
Regular
Three sessions that run all year, no booking needed
4 upcoming
Workshops, seminars, networking teas and the 2026 showcase
6 past
Slides and recordings available on request
Regular events
Three things that run all year
You do not need a project, a budget or a plan to come to any of these. They exist so the first conversation is easy to have.
Book a Technical Expert
Every Tuesday, 3:00 – 4:00 pm
A free half-hour with a data scientist, research software engineer or ML specialist. Bring a stuck analysis, a slow script or a question about whether the project is even feasible.
Learn moreSoftware and Data Carpentry Workshops in Python and R
Twice a year
Two-day Carpentries workshops taught by certified instructors: the shell, version control, tidy data and reproducible analysis. No prior programming experience assumed.
Learn moreResearch Networking Tea
First Thursday of the month
Three eight-minute talks and then tea. An informal way to find the people at Curtin already working on the problem in front of you.
Learn moreUpcoming events
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Workshop
Data Carpentry: Python for Research
6 – 7 October 2026
CIDS Training Lab, Building 105
The two-day Carpentries curriculum in Python: the shell, version control, tabular data and plots that survive a reviewer.
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Networking
Research Networking Tea: Spatial Data
22 October 2026
CIDS Collaboration Space, Building 105
An informal afternoon for people working with spatial data across Curtin, three short talks, then tea and conversation.
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Showcase
CIDS Annual Showcase 2026
12 November 2026
Curtin Exchange Auditorium
A year of applied data science in one afternoon: project outcomes, partner panels and the work that did not go to plan.
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Past events
6 events from the last two years. Slides and recordings are available on request.
Bring us the problem you want to test.
Share a few details and CIDS can help shape the first conversation.
Industry, research, startups, and government teams welcome